14 AUGUST 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man works on a car transmission in front of a shop in the Talat Noi section of Bangkok. Talat Noi is a small part of Chinatown that dates back to the Ayutthaya period. It is a melting pot of various cultures and was originally settled by Portuguese, Vietnamese, Hokkien, Teochew and Hakka Chinese. Now it is mostly small mechanical shops and used car parts. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ